Psalms 31:11

Be glad in the Lord, and exult, ye righteous: and glory, all ye that are upright in heart.

Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

I was a reproach among all mine enemies, but especially among my neighbours, and a fear to mine acquaintance: they that did see me without fled from me.

In Context

10Many are the scourges of the sinner: but him that hopes in the Lord mercy shall compass about.

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Cross References

Job 19:13My brethren have stood aloof from me; they have recognised strangers rather than me: and my friends have become pitiless.

Psalms 38:11Remove thy scourges from me: I have fainted by reason of the strength of thine hand.

Psalms 64:8who troublest the depth of the sea, the sounds of its waves.

Psalms 88:8God is glorified in the council of the saints; great and terrible toward all that are round about him.

Isaiah 53:3But his form was ignoble, and inferior to that of the children of men; he was a man in suffering, and acquainted with the bearing of sickness, for his face is turned from us: he was dishonoured, and not esteemed.

Matthew Henry on Psalms 31:10-19

Sorrowful Complaints; Humble and Believing Prayer. 9 Have mercy upon me, O Lord , for I am in trouble: mine eye is consumed with grief, yea, my soul and my belly. 10 For my life is spent with grief, and my years with sighing: my strength faileth because of mine iniquity, and my bones are consumed. 11 I was a reproach among all mine enemies, but especially among my neighbours, and a fear to mine acquaintance: they that did see me without fled from me. 12 I am forgotten as a dead man out of mind: I am like a broken… Read the whole commentary →

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